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date: 2009-02-15 16:42:00 UTC
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# Bitcoin open source implementation of P2P currency

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Reply by Satoshi Nakamoto on February 15, 2009 at 16:42

Could be. They're talking about the old Chaumian central mint stuff, but maybe only because that was the only thing available. Maybe they would be interested in going in a new direction.

A lot of people automatically dismiss e-currency as a lost cause because of all the companies that failed since the 1990's. I hope it's obvious it was only the centrally controlled nature of those systems that doomed them. I think this is the first time we're trying a decentralized, non-trust-based system.
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